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Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days?

From ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days?
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Date 2016-02-17 13:18 -0600

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> > What are you guys using to securely erase USB flash drives these days? I
> > don't want to physically destroy them, but give them to others to reuse.

> Google "freeware wipe disk"!

But how good are those?  Do they have malwares and stuff?
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Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-02-17 00:55 -0600
  Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-17 21:53 +0800
    Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-02-17 13:18 -0600
      Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-18 19:28 +0800
  Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-02-17 20:37 +0100
    Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-02-17 14:57 -0600
  Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-02-17 14:43 -0600
    Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-02-17 14:57 -0600
      Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-02-17 22:35 +0100
        Re: Best software to securely erase USB flash drives these days? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-02-18 17:20 -0600
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